Experiment with new exercisesand activities to keep your body and brain stimulated and avoid reaching
a training plateau. For one week at the gym, do not allow yourself to use the
machines that you normally use. Using different machines will provide a new
challenge and you will feel bits working that you never knew you had. For one week replace all alcoholic drinks with glasses ofsparkling water. Make it as nice a drink as your regular tipple - prepare it as lovingly as you would a gin and
tonic with ice and lemon or lime and really enjoy it. A week of no alcohol will
give you a guaranteed reduction in your calorie intake.
Addicted to coffee shops? See if you can steer clear of them for a week. Go
back to basics with a simple cup of tea or coffee and avoid the volume of milk
that coffee shops provide and you will also resist the temptations of
all the extras that go with it. You will feel lighter and less sluggish and you
will save yourself a small fortune in the process.
Vary your workouts. If you do the same thing
every time you go to the gym you will soon reach a plateau in your training and
you will get bored. Your body adapts to the workload and soon stops developing
so you must always have something in your workout armoury that will keep your body stimulated and
continue the great results that you are looking for. Progress leads to more motivation and if you can do your programme easily you are not
the master of the gym, you are someone who needs a new workout.
Have a selection of workouts. You might have an
hour or you might only have 20 minutes to spare so you need a workout to
suit all occasions. Plan different routines and then keep them in your workout bag
so they are always handy.
Have some back-up plans. If you do feel like a
night out, you will need to have a morning-after-the-night-before workout lined
up. Providing you can see straight and balance OK you will be fine for some
gentle cardiovascular exercise. Go
easy on the weights until you feel steady on your feet. A light workout will
do you a lot more good that lounging around in bed all day moaning 'never
again'. You will feel better generally and doubly virtuous for the fact that
you kept your exercise routine going in the face of adversity.
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